Schlieffen Plan

The Schlieffen Plan was a 1906 German plan for a war-winning offensive in the case of war between the German Empire and France, devised by Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen. The plan was devised as a way to defeat France quckly, although it also involved the invasion of Belgium and Luxembourg, two neutral nations. In August 1914, when the plan was executed by Germany during World War I, it led to the United Kingdom intervening on France's side to protect Belgian neutrality. The plan was successful, but it ground to a halt at the First Battle of the Marne.